First Pics Leak of WWE Set Up Inside Tropicana Field

Beginning tonight, WWE starts presenting its two biggest TV shows live from St. Pete. Here's a look inside The Trop as some have posted a few photos of camera crews setting up the stage and ring at Tropicana Field. We first reported the story last month when World Wrestling Entertainment ended its arrangement with the Amway Center in Orlando. WWE's two biggest shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown, as well as pay-per-view events will all come from St. Petersburg for the time being. WWE had to change its entire TV presentation since fans couldn't fill the arenas they normally perform for on their tour. Instead fans watching at home are shown on computer monitors around ringside.

Many WWE stars you see on TV got their start right here at a little warehouse in South Tampa.

I was a huge pro wrestling fans back in the WWF days of the '80s. I found these photos from my Kodak Disc (remember those?) photos from the parking lot behind the Cumberland County Civic Center World Wrestling Federation events.